Republicans may have a strong chance at capturing the Senate in 2014, but they haven’t won yet. New NBC News/Marist polls in Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky show Democrats competitive in each state, even as the candidates face a conservative electorate broadly dissatisfied with President Obama’s record. read more

On the day of the state Democratic caucuses earlier this month, Shenna Bellows trekked from the northern city of Bangor to the town of Kittery, on the New Hampshire border, asking local men and women to help her in what she called a “David and Goliath” Senate race against popular three-term incumbent Republican Susan Collins. read more